Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 16

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 13.3.3
Suppose that Roots' marginal cost of a jacket is a constant $125.00 and the total fixed cost at one of its stores is $1,500 a day.This store sells 20 jackets a day,which is its profit-maximizing number of jackets.Then the stores nearby start to advertise their jackets.The Roots store now spends $2,000 a day advertising its jackets,and its profit-maximizing number of jackets sold jumps to 70 a day.
-Refer to Fact 13.3.3.In the long run,Roots' economic profit is

• A)positive.
• B)negative.
• C)zero.
• D)greater than the economic profit of its competitors.
• E)less than the economic profit of its competitors.

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